I wonder if it's dementia? csb...When I lived with my parents, we had a neighbor who was a really nice guy. He lived a few doors down from us, and he had never shown any signs of weirdness. He had 3 kids of his own who were by all appearances, very well-adjusted. When he retired at 68, he started to behave oddly. He used to be very tidy, but then started to leave stuff out in his front yard like clothes, food and books. When he started to wander out into the neighborhood with only his underwear, then later completely naked, that's when his family got involved and put him in a home. People who have dementia do some really strange stuff.

Atomic Spunk:I wonder if it's dementia? csb...When I lived with my parents, we had a neighbor who was a really nice guy. He lived a few doors down from us, and he had never shown any signs of weirdness. He had 3 kids of his own who were by all appearances, very well-adjusted. When he retired at 68, he started to behave oddly. He used to be very tidy, but then started to leave stuff out in his front yard like clothes, food and books. When he started to wander out into the neighborhood with only his underwear, then later completely naked, that's when his family got involved and put him in a home. People who have dementia do some really strange stuff.

silvervial:She must really be hitting the hormones, because otherwise I can't imagine why a 70-year-old woman would have much interest in doing it herself, let alone involving a five-year-old.

What's even weirder is that that child said the woman never touched her, but then the article mentions that all touching was over clothing so that reduced the charges. Huh?

Sex drive doesn't always correlate well with age. Lots of nursing homes have problems because they have strict no-sex policies and the patients don't give a damn about the rules.

We have this fiction that old people have no sex drive and it is totally not true. An old guy may have erectile problems but it doesn't mean the urge goes away. It drops with age typically, and women's sex drives tend to increase. People just learn from experience that old folks aren't desirable sex partners for the younger set (though old man-young woman is sort of an exception in some cases) and so keep it to themselves.

Senior sexuality is a huge issue because often they are deprived of it by rules made by others who don't consider that it is important to quality of life in many cases.

missmez:Atomic Spunk: I wonder if it's dementia? csb...When I lived with my parents, we had a neighbor who was a really nice guy. He lived a few doors down from us, and he had never shown any signs of weirdness. He had 3 kids of his own who were by all appearances, very well-adjusted. When he retired at 68, he started to behave oddly. He used to be very tidy, but then started to leave stuff out in his front yard like clothes, food and books. When he started to wander out into the neighborhood with only his underwear, then later completely naked, that's when his family got involved and put him in a home. People who have dementia do some really strange stuff.

That was my first thought as well.

Many, many years ago, Ma worked at a retirement home. One of the things she had to deal with was how some of the elders did things like this. One thing some had in common was how their actions were opposite what they used to do.

One time, I walked over there (It was only about a few blocks from home) to wait for her to get off work. I was in the main TV room, with a couple of old men, watching Dragnet on Nick At Nite. Apparently, one of the ladies had walked in behind us, and started to undress, but one of the other workers caught her in time and took her back to her room. Ma laughed about it later, "You three old men were too busy watching your shows to even know she was getting naked behind you." According to the woman's family, she was a prim and proper woman back in her younger days.

Another time, on the news there was a story about an old man who wandered away from his rest home during a heavy cold snap. When they found his body the next day, he was naked, and that's when Ma mentioned how they do the opposite sometimes. He was cold, and in his state, he tried to get warm, and instead of layering up, he stripped down. All I said was "Does this mean he died from Indecent Exposure?" She was mixing biscuit dough at the time, and I nearly got a wooden spoon upside my head for that one.

Optimal_Illusion:Another time, on the news there was a story about an old man who wandered away from his rest home during a heavy cold snap. When they found his body the next day, he was naked, and that's when Ma mentioned how they do the opposite sometimes. He was cold, and in his state, he tried to get warm, and instead of layering up, he stripped down. All I said was "Does this mean he died from Indecent Exposure?" She was mixing biscuit dough at the time, and I nearly got a wooden spoon upside my head for that one.

Some folk'd say you are an inhuman, unfeeling beast to make that comment...not this guy, though.

Optimal_Illusion:missmez: Atomic Spunk: I wonder if it's dementia? csb...When I lived with my parents, we had a neighbor who was a really nice guy. He lived a few doors down from us, and he had never shown any signs of weirdness. He had 3 kids of his own who were by all appearances, very well-adjusted. When he retired at 68, he started to behave oddly. He used to be very tidy, but then started to leave stuff out in his front yard like clothes, food and books. When he started to wander out into the neighborhood with only his underwear, then later completely naked, that's when his family got involved and put him in a home. People who have dementia do some really strange stuff.

That was my first thought as well.

Many, many years ago, Ma worked at a retirement home. One of the things she had to deal with was how some of the elders did things like this. One thing some had in common was how their actions were opposite what they used to do.

One time, I walked over there (It was only about a few blocks from home) to wait for her to get off work. I was in the main TV room, with a couple of old men, watching Dragnet on Nick At Nite. Apparently, one of the ladies had walked in behind us, and started to undress, but one of the other workers caught her in time and took her back to her room. Ma laughed about it later, "You three old men were too busy watching your shows to even know she was getting naked behind you." According to the woman's family, she was a prim and proper woman back in her younger days.

Another time, on the news there was a story about an old man who wandered away from his rest home during a heavy cold snap. When they found his body the next day, he was naked, and that's when Ma mentioned how they do the opposite sometimes. He was cold, and in his state, he tried to get warm, and instead of layering up, he stripped down. All I said was "Does this mean he died from Indecent Exposure?" She was mixing biscuit dough at the time, and I nearly got a wooden spoon upside ...

i.r.id10t:Optimal_Illusion: missmez: Atomic Spunk: I wonder if it's dementia? csb...When I lived with my parents, we had a neighbor who was a really nice guy. He lived a few doors down from us, and he had never shown any signs of weirdness. He had 3 kids of his own who were by all appearances, very well-adjusted. When he retired at 68, he started to behave oddly. He used to be very tidy, but then started to leave stuff out in his front yard like clothes, food and books. When he started to wander out into the neighborhood with only his underwear, then later completely naked, that's when his family got involved and put him in a home. People who have dementia do some really strange stuff.

That was my first thought as well.

Many, many years ago, Ma worked at a retirement home. One of the things she had to deal with was how some of the elders did things like this. One thing some had in common was how their actions were opposite what they used to do.

One time, I walked over there (It was only about a few blocks from home) to wait for her to get off work. I was in the main TV room, with a couple of old men, watching Dragnet on Nick At Nite. Apparently, one of the ladies had walked in behind us, and started to undress, but one of the other workers caught her in time and took her back to her room. Ma laughed about it later, "You three old men were too busy watching your shows to even know she was getting naked behind you." According to the woman's family, she was a prim and proper woman back in her younger days.

Another time, on the news there was a story about an old man who wandered away from his rest home during a heavy cold snap. When they found his body the next day, he was naked, and that's when Ma mentioned how they do the opposite sometimes. He was cold, and in his state, he tried to get warm, and instead of layering up, he stripped down. All I said was "Does this mean he died from Indecent Exposure?" She was mixing biscuit dough at the time, and I nearly got a w ...